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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11472
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14527
13 Actual Demand 11188
14 Aggregate Planning 12120
15 Air Cargo 10051
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6631
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34831
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15320
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19181
20 Assembly Line 22315
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22943
22 Average Speed of Answer 26545
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23082
24 Batch Production 38300
25 Bill Discounting 14496
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11190
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7125
28 Blanket Release 9986
29 Bonded Warehouse 10044
30 Booking Number 13751
31 Bottleneck 9484
32 Buffer Stock 59161
33 Build to Stock 12911
34 Bullwhip Effect 9560
35 Business Logistics 25603
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12547
37 Capacity Management 40405
38 Capacity Utilization 14072
39 Capital Intensive 8384
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8707
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12103
42 Certified Supplier 8953
43 Channel Effectiveness 8910
44 Co-Destiny 9274
45 Co-managed Inventory 12451
46 Co-Packers 11745
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6844
48 Computer-Based Training 7676
49 Consular Invoice 19731
50 Container Depot 10588
51 Container Freight Station 10263
52 Continuous Replenishment 19446
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12055
54 Contract Carrier 7308
55 Contract of Affreightment 11394
56 Control Charts 7946
57 Cost Flow 10245
58 Courier Service 15203
59 CPFR 8196
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11772
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44086
62 Date Code 18188
63 Days of Supply 19801
64 Dead on Arrival 9215
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7289
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8083
67 Detective Control 8888
68 Devanning 14193
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10844
70 Dispatching 24448
71 Distributed Inventory 8339
72 Distribution Channel Management 34669
73 Distribution Metrics 9085
74 Distribution Planning 24170
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15186
76 Double Marginalization 52611
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22267
78 Dual 5429
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20579
80 Echelon Inventory 26166
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38237
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49638
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7597
84 Efficient Frontier 25432
85 Engineer-to-Order 31702
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16394
87 Erlang B Formula 9328
88 ETD 8312
89 Ex Works 7820
90 Exception Rate 13457
91 Exponential smoothing 9812
92 External Growth 10049
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9407
94 Field Services 7729
95 Field Warehouse 10379
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8736
97 Fishbone Diagram 14581
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26981
99 Flow Through Distribution 12287
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8155
101 FOB Destination 12998
102 Forward buying 30046
103 Freight Charge 10306
104 Freight Consolidation 7510
105 Gantt Chart 8275
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11706
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29547
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12657
109 Hub 23386
110 Idle Time 8051
 
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